Telephone booth door assembly



P. H. SHERRON TELEPHONE BOOTH DOOR ASSEMBLY Original Filed Sept. 5. 1952Aug. 18, 1959 N m% MR E mH V S m. H m N C m Pw 2 G F 3 G 6 F 6 9- @w I 26 2 4 6 \N l I I I I l I l I i I l l i I I I I I I I I l I I I i I i I ll I I I l l I l I I I l i I] I 2 Mu w.\\ L? 6 a Z ATTORNEYS UnitedStates Patent TELEPHONE BODTH DOOR ASSEMBLY Percival H'. Sherron,Jamaica, N.Y.

Original application September 3, 1952, Serial No. 307,630. Divided andthis application April 16, 1956, Serial No. 578,233 1 2 Claims. (CL.160--206.)

This invention relates to an improved telephone booth of the so-calledstall type. More particularly, it relates to details of construction ofthe booth and elements used in. the assembly thereof.

This invention represents further improvements in the booth structureand is a division of my copendi ng patent application Serial No.307,630, filed September 3,. 1952.

It is an object of this invention to provide a telephone booth havingstructural elements which can be fabricated easily and rapidly and whichcan be assembled to form a rigid structure.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a telephone boothcomprising a minimum number of parts and of interlocking construction.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an improvedtelephone booth door structure.

The foregoing objects of the invention will become apparent from thefollowing description when read in con junction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a completely assembled telephonebooth;

Figure 2 is a perspective showing, partially disassembled, the doorassembly; and

Figure 3 is a vertical section through a portion of the door assemblyshowing the mounting of a door window.

Referring particularly to Figure 1, the telephone booth base includes alower frarneZ and an upper frame 4 extending about a floor 20. Mounteduprightly upon the upper frame 4 are four corner posts 60, 62, 64 and66. At the top of the booth spanning the fore posts 60 and 62 of thebooth is a lintel 133. The booth is provided with two side panels andone rear panel designated 148 and with a ceiling panel assemblydesignated 162.

The corner post 60 supports the booth door assembly. The booth doorassembly is shown in Figure 2 and comprises two door sections hingedtogether and indicated generally by the numerals 230 and 232. Each ofthese doors is of one piece construction. The door 232 is made from asheet of metal formed to provide an inner panel 234 and a verticallyextending panel 236 formed at an angle thereto on the left-hand side ofpanel 234, as viewed in Figure 2, and provided with extending portions238 along its left-hand edge which are formed to engage a verticallyextending hinge post 240. The door panel 234 is formed at its right-handedge, as viewed in Figure 2, to provide the door edge 242 at rightangles to the panel 234. The sheet of metal is then formed by means of adutch bend 244 to extend perpendicularly outwardly of the door edge 242and then inwardly to provide the outer panel 246 of the door. The top ofthe outer door panel 246 is formed with a strip of metal 248 extendinghorizontally toward the inner door panel 234. The top of the inner doorpanel 234 is formed with a strip of metal 249 extending horizontallytoward the outer door panel 246. These two strips of metal 248 and 249are each provided with a downwardly extending flange 251. The flanges251 are in engagement with each other and the strips 248 and 249 providea closure for the top of "ice 2. the door; The construction of the:bottom edge ofthe door is the, same asthat of the top edge.

The door indicated? by: the numeral- 230 is formed simiilarly to thedoor; 232 and. includes an; inner panel 300 and an: outer panel 302-. A.panel 304 is formed at an angle to the inner panel 3.00 and: is:provided withextending portions. 306 along: its night-hand edge which.are formed toengage the vertically extending hinge post;2 40 between theextending: portions 238 of; the panel 236. of the door 232. Threechannel: shaped reinforcing members 344 are attached in spaced relationone above the other to the left-hand sidev of the interior surface; ofthe inner door panel: 300-. The legs; of the channel members 344 extendback and contact the panel 302 andthe legs 345 of the channel membersarein engagement with the vertically extending; door edge 3,01, Thechannel. members contain bores in alignment with, bores 347 in the paneland are, adapted to. mount the door hinge leaves 346. A verticallyextending strap. 343 is attached to, the channel members and serves to.further reinforce the door hinge mounting, The other leaf 348 of each ofthe hinges is adapted to be bolted through the corner post 60.

The door 232 is provided with a reinforcing bracket 250 which isattached to the upper central portion of the interior face of the innerpanel 234. The bracket is adapted to mount a block 252. A pin 253isaffixed to the block, extends upwardly therefrom, and is adapted tofit into a bore within a guide block 254. The block 254 is shaped to fitwithin an upper door track (not shown) supported from the lintel 133.

A door window assembly is mounted in each of the doors. The door 232 isshown with a window assembly installed and the door 230 is shown withthe window assembly removed. Each of the door window assemblies includesa glass panel 256 which is mounted in a rubber frame 258. The sides ofthe rubber framing 258 are supported between inwardly turned anglemembers 260. The outer edges of the rubber framing 258 rest upon and theouter flanges of the angle members 260 are separated by channel members262. The legs of the channel members 262 and the outer edges of theangles 260 are retained in and supported by channel members 264. Theflanges of the channel members 264 are turned outwardly and back overthe outside faces of the door panels 234 and 246, as indicated at 266,thereby retaining the channels 264 in position.

The door 232 is provided with a reinforcing plate 268 attached to theinside surface of the inside door panel 234 in order to mount a handle269 which may be grasped by the user of the booth in order to open orclose the door assembly.

The door assembly is hinged from the right front corner post 60 of thebooth, as shown in Figure 13, by means of the booth door hinges theleaves 348 of which are bolted to the inside surface of the corner post60. The door edge 301 is adapted to engage the flat edge of the adjacentouter corner post. The door opens by hinging about the hinges aflixed tothe corner post and by folding about the hinge 240 between the two doorpanels with the hinge joint moving inwardly into the booth in theconventional fashion when the door is opened. The guide block 254running in the overhead track serves to position the door 232. When thedoor assembly is opened, the doors 230 and 232 are folded against eachother and are inside of the booth as shown in Figure 1. When the doorassembly is in a closed position, the doors 230 and 232 extend acrossthe door opening below the lintel and the door edge 242 of the door 232will be in engagement with the flat surface of the adjacent outer cornerpost.

It will be evident that various modifications may be made in theembodiment of the invention disclosed herein r t 3 without departingfrom the scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A door assembly adapted for use in a telephone booth, said doorassembly comprising a pair of door members, each of said door membersincluding spaced inner and outer panels, and a window assembly set intocutouts in the panels of each of said pair of doors, each windowassembly including a plate of transparent material, a yielding retainerfor the edge of said plate, a pair of angles in opposed position onopposite sides of said retainer and each having one leg extending towardand in engagement with said retainer and having the other leg extendingoutwardly from and parallel to said transparent plate, a first channel,the outside of the base of said first channel engaging the back of saidretainer and the sides of said channel lying between the outwardlyextending legs of said angles, and a second channel receiving andsupporting said first channel and said angles, said second channel beingadapted to lie between the inner and outer door panels and having theend portions of its sides bent backwardly and outwardly to engage therim of the cutout in each of the door panels and to support the windowassembly thereby.

2. In a door assembly adapted for use in a telephone booth, a doormember including spaced inner and outer panels, and a window assemblyset in cutouts in said panels including a plate of transparent material,a retainer embracing the edges 'of said plate, a pair of angles disposedrespectively on opposite sides of said retainer, each of said angleshaving one leg extending toward and in engagement with said retainer,and having the other leg extending outwardly from and parallel to saidplate, a first channel back to back with said retainer, the sides ofsaid channel lying between the outwardly extending legs of said angles,and a second channel receiving and supporting said first channel andsaid angles between the sides thereof, said second channel being fixedin position between said inner and outer door panels.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,084,067 Budd ,Jan. 13, 1914 1,554,774 Zahner Sept. 22, 1925 1,748,195Stevens Feb. 25, 1930 2,020,337 Schwartz Nov. 12, 1935 2,208,166 SherronJuly 16, 1940 2,494,001 Rowe June 10, 1950 2,584,624 Sherron Feb. 5,1952 2,664,181 Boughton Dec. 29, 1953

